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No need to go that far. <\/p>\n
It turns out, the best kind of anti-aging treatment is inside one's own body, and the rich are taking advantage of it, exploring the latest research in new technologies, genome mapping and stem cell treatments. <\/p>\n
Among them is Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, a large investor of the Ellison Medical Foundation, which supports research exploring the biology that underlies aging and age-related diseases. And there's billionaire Peter Nygrd, who says he wants to live forever (or die trying), and has suggested he's found the keys to immortality in stem cell research. <\/p>\n
Some doctors agree that stem cells are a key part of chasing youth. <\/p>\n
\"If you're a wealthy guy and haven't stored your stem cells, I think you're a total idiot,\" said Dr. Lionel Bissoon, a New York City physician who sees a number of stressed out, wealthy patients. <\/p>\n
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They usually come to him with similar problems: \"Fatigue, belly fat, erectile dysfunction, tiring very quickly ... all very common with my patients from Wall Street,\" Bissoon said. The short-term solution to those ailments, he says, is testosterone replacement -- which is relatively affordable at a few hundred dollars a pop -- and IV nutrition. <\/p>\n
For the long term he recommends stem cell storage, which works as a sort of rainy day insurance. The cells are extracted, preferably when the patient is on the younger side -- around 30 is said to be a good age -- and can then be used to boost an immune system or help to rebuild damaged organs later. <\/p>\n
Dr. Dipnarine Maharaj stores cells at his South Florida Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Institute in Boynton Beach, Fla. <\/p>\n
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